[FutureUSRN]

Last Aug. 31, somebody (a nurse) from Houston testified before Congress about the looming nursing shortage once retrogression takes affect....I think most congressmen are sympathetic but are still playing safe because there are also anti-immigration forces threatening not to vote for them....so the safest position for them is to become SILENT until after the election....

Even their plan to insert some "enforcement only" clauses lost on the floor (which I think it means those who opposed it are pro-comprehensive immigration bill, which we, foreign nurses, wanted to pass asap).

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by FutureUSRN

4 years waiting is too much...I don't believe that US Gov't will allow that to happen...the longest I am seeing (like a crystal ball) is 7 months and the earliest is 3 months...

(regarding Ielts, it's good I got a better score in Listening and Speaking to get an average of 6.5)

Not sure what crystal ball that you are using, but the entire House of Representatives is up for re-election, meaning that nothing will be done until the new House is sworn in...............and a big section of Congress is also up for re-election. And that will not happen until mid-January.

Three months up without anything. Then when the House of Representatives and Congress reconvene, there will be many more pressing matters that need to be handled first. Visas for nurses are not at the top of the list right now in the US.

And once they do come up with something, the visas do not become available overnight.................another few months are thrown in to the mixture.

You are looking at next summer at the earliest. And really the earliest.

[nutella]

I guess I am doomed as well.
Because this N.Y. thing did not work out I had to get the CES and apply in MA directly and lost one year - great - now I passed NCLEX and just waiting for the Visa Sceen Certificate but as there are no Visas anymore I won't find a sponsor, right?
It is a very sad situation for me - my husband's employer started the GC process for him and he was told that it would take only one year , now they told him 3 years or longer. I am on that crazy H4 and already here in the US - I have been sitting here for 2.5 years without being able to work.
Great situation. I guess after some more years nobody will employ me anymore .
Even if I find a hospital within a week or two I am still waiting for that Visa Screen Certificate and there is no way to get an EAD without a number, right?
I am really depressed.

[Leis23]

i was depressed yesterday. i was supposed to be scheduled for an interview soon but my PD is Dec. 8, 2005. Ah well...does the cut off date automatically apply even before November 2006 starts? It's only October right now. Still hoping..

[FutureUSRN]

I am just wondering. Is there anybody whose PD is after Oct. 05 and going through CP that was interviewed already and got a visa?

[Rep]

Originally Posted by FutureUSRN

I am just wondering. Is there anybody whose PD is after Oct. 05 and going through CP that was interviewed already and got a visa?

As long there is no cut off dates and visas are current, the PD does not matter anymore. It is on first come and first serve basis if your documents are all complete.

[Rep]

Originally Posted by Leis23

i was depressed yesterday. i was supposed to be scheduled for an interview soon but my PD is Dec. 8, 2005. Ah well...does the cut off date automatically apply even before November 2006 starts? It's only October right now. Still hoping..

If you have an interview date then it means visas are already allocated for you.. When you received the Packet 4 it means there are visas already for you. It is the NVC who allocated the visas not the US Embassy. The job of the US Embassy is just to check that everything is okay and then issue the visa.

[Leis23]

Originally Posted by Rep

If you have an interview date then it means visas are already allocated for you.. When you received the Packet 4 it means there are visas already for you. It is the NVC who allocated the visas not the US Embassy. The job of the US Embassy is just to check that everything is okay and then issue the visa.

No interview date yet. but my case was completed last Sept. 29. Was thinking i will be scheduled soon.

[Rep]

Originally Posted by Leis23

No interview date yet. but my case was completed last Sept. 29. Was thinking i will be scheduled soon.

Right now, visas are current for October and if you don't have any interview date then you will be affected. Just my opinion.

In my case, when my case was completed, it took nearly two months before I got an interview date.

[Leis23]

Originally Posted by Rep

Right now, visas are current for October and if you don't have any interview date then you will be affected. Just my opinion.

In my case, when my case was completed, it took nearly two months before I got an interview date.

okay. was just hoping. it's ok. i'm not so depressed about it anymore. i'm just being optimistic about things. i think Congress will act on the immigration laws soon, one way or the other.